Sr Staff Mechanical Engineer

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At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

The selected candidate will report into the Illumina Platform New Product Introduction (NPI) Life Cycle Management team and support the Operations organization in the areas of manufacturing transfer, DFx, and troubleshooting of new products.  The role will provide System Thermal engineering expertise spanning multiple phases of product development and product launch.  The role will collaborate with many Illumina teams including development, systems integration, software, manufacturing, customer support, and quality. The role will partner with suppliers to manage external development and manufacturing activities. The engineer needs to be a self-starter and self-learner, analytically oriented, and able to identify/deliver results in a dynamic team environment with challenging timelines. 

 

Responsibilities:

• Support module design transfer (into manufacturing) of innovative, robust, and low cost System Thermal designs within Illumina’s instrumentation portfolio

• Support the System Thermal design team via participation in design reviews, DFx, FMEA, modeling, and tolerance budgeting

• Partner with world-wide Contract Manufacturer & Original Design Manufacturer (CM/ODM) partners throughout the new product transfer and early production phase to achieve manufacturing readiness.  This includes in-depth operational readiness assessments and active support of partner in achieving readiness

• Support development of supplier manufacturing processes and testing to maximize capacity and yield of assemblies and subassemblies delivered to Illumina

• Support development of incoming, in-line, and end-of-line sub-assembly/instrument tests to ensure System Thermal performance targets are met

• Support prototype, pilot, manufacturing, and products in the field by working cross functionally with consumables, hardware, software, and systems integration teams to conduct system level troubleshooting, testing, and analysis

• Participate in CPM (critical parameter management) analysis to relate System Thermal specifications to sequencing performance, while considering system level interactions with chemistry & hardware

• Support protocol generation and execution for validating our Thermal Systems and manufacturing processes

• Design and execute experiments to confirm models and further characterize our instruments

• Interface with PLM to create and maintain bill of materials and documentation to enable successful build of prototype, pilot, and production hardware

 

Requirements:

• Technical competency and experience in thermal systems, NPI, and mechanical engineering.

• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a team environment on multiple concurrent projects in a complex, dynamic, sometimes ambiguous environment

• Demonstrated ability to concept and implement measurement systems, test fixtures, and metrology tools.

• Familiarity with the process of establishing and confirming spec levels for high-yield manufacturing

• Experience interfacing with suppliers/partners to manage deliverables and support issue resolution

• Experience in low to medium volume product NPI and product lifecycle system

• Experience with technical component documentation such as spec sheets and 2D CAD drawings required, experience with GD&T strongly preferred

• International and domestic travel of up to 20% 

 

Experience/Education:

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a BS or MS; or a PhD with a minimum of 6 years experience; or equivalent experience